 More talent in Brian Firth, George Kirkpatrick, Steve Newsome, Mike Gange, Chris Sharpe and John Cowell to name a few, playing for the club and winning both county and national honours.Sheffield also qualified for the Northern Merit Table, playing the North's elite clubs.The 1980s saw a great deal of re-building after retirements and players moving away from Sheffield but home grown talent continued to flourish.